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Gottsberger, New York For sale in this
city by Fl. Il. Peck.
"Juanita." by Mary Mann, is romance of
real life in Cuba fifty years ago. At that
time Uncle Toms Cabin was not thought of.
The anti-slavery struggle had only begun.
In 1888 the wife of Horace Mann spent the
winter in Cuba, and ssJuanita" is only nov
Ell in that the names in the book are not the
names of the persons whose lives were
opened to her there. The African slave
trade had been made unlawful years before,
but was almost openly carried on with the
connivance of the authorities Havana was
it's center. Mrs. Mann or Miss Wentworth
found herself guest in the luxurious home
of an actual SLAYER just from the African
coast. In the presence of such fact there
are sights and sounds to stir the feelings.
Havana opens its life to her. She sees the
country, coffee and sugar plantations. The
lives of the gentlemen and women there, of
those not gentle, the slaves, Juanita, the gen.
tlest of human creatures in fact or fiction
these are the tale. Miss Wentworth drops
out of thought almost in the quick process
sion of more engrossing themes, although
her name is on every page. ''Juanita' is
"Uncle Toms Cabin passion sweeping along
the rapid pages and carrying the reader with
resistless power. D. Lothrop & Co., pub
fishers, Boston. For sale in this city by F.
T. Jarman.
"Memories of the Men who Saved the
Union," by Dom Piatt, is little volume
giving the personal life of those who played
an important part in the preservation of the
Union. At the head of these of course
stands Lincoln; the others are Edwin M.
Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, William Fl. Sew
ard and Major General George 81. Thomas.
The reader of the book will find that it is
unjust to confne our re-worship to men of
arms. The history of the confederacy from
Its rise to its fall brings Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan into prominence, but they are great
only because they happened to be in COM
mand when the confederacy fell. The au-
thor believes in hero-worship, but also in
the right impressions of heroes. He looks
at the false impressions of the heroes of his
book in fair and interesting way, and sets
himself to the task of presenting them as
they were and should be. His volume is in
teresting and it's statements are drawn with
a nicely which results from the authors per-
sonal acquaintance with those of whom he
writes and careful study of their conneo-
ton with his subject. Belford, Clarke &
Co., publishers, New York. For sale in this
city by Judd the bookseller.
The interest in Russian literature which
has developed within the past two years has
opened up a new and wonderful field to
translators and readers. Of the multitude
of Russian writers of fiction we know only
Turgenif, Tolstoi, Gogol and Dostoiyevsky,
and these only in part. ALI of these deal
with the social and political problems which
agitate their country. 1.-The Rusty Llnch-
pin," after the Russian of Nine. KorhanoVs-
ky, introduces to new author and a new
life and atmosphere. 1t gives US the quiet
domestic life which is the truest key to the
character of the people. It is one of the
most charming of love stories. Its title is
singular, but the breaking down of a car
riage through the loss of linchpin brings
to climax long and almost hopeless love
suit. The story is as quiet as the scene
where it is laid. The volume contains Sec
ond story, ''Lubof Archipovna," which in
its way is as entertaining as the other. D.
Lothrop & Co., publishers, Boston. For
sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
Everyone who has read Drummond's "Nat-
ural Law in the Spiritual World" will be in
terssted in seeing corresponding applica-
ton of these principles to the economic and
business world. This is done in "Natural
Law in the Business World" by Henry
Wood. The light Of natural law is now be-
ing applied to the live social and economic
topics; it aims at exposing the abuses and
evils which appear under labor. Labor COM
binations aud their effect on the laborer; So
cialistic tendencies; excess of economic and
railroad legislation; the distribution of
wealth; principles governing corporations
and railroads, and also many other promi-
nent issues are fully and thoroughly ex-
planned in their connection with unvarying
natural laws and principles. The business
world is permeated with natural law, and
success in any department can be gained
only by conformity to it. The combinations,
unions, corners, sentimental and soeialistic
ideas are shown to be destructive and on a
false basis. The book is one written for the
times and deals with the interesting prob
lens of the present in the light of natural
law. Lee & Shepard, publishers, Boston.
For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.